I have a linux server on a windows workgroup running samba. I have a
share created with samba on the linux server that is linked into a dfs root
hosted by a win2k server. (E.g., it is the win2k server, not the linux
server, hosting the dfs.) From the windows machines on the network,
everything works as it is supposed to: I can see all files in the dfs,
including the files in the share on the linux server.
But when I mount the dfs root on the linux server, I can only see the
directories in the dfs, not the files within the directories. If I mount
the shares directly, and not the dfs root, I see the files. For example:
mount -t smbfs -o username=xxx //dfshost/dfs ./dfs
mounts as directories in ./dfs all directories in //dfshost/dfs, the files
are not visible. Suppose one of the shares in the dfs root structure is
"someshare" residing on "somepc." Then the above command
gives me a
directory "someshare" in ./dfs, but I see no files. However, if I
mount
the share directly, as in
mount -t smbfs -o username=xxx //somepc/someshare ./dfs
I get the "someshare" directory in ./dfs AND CAN SEE ALL THE FILES.
Well, fine, I could mount all the shares individually, but that
really defeats the purpose of dfs. So why am I not seeing the files, but
only the directories, when I mount a dfs root?
-Basil